Weather Records on 11 December 1969

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1969. Highest significance: Bolivar, US.

Key Facts for 11 December 1969

On 11 December 1969, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 572 daily.
Bolivar set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 11 December 1969.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 11 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Chute	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Chute	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wind River	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rapide Blanc	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shelburne Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 336, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 11 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	336
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 11 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 11, daily 572.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 323.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1969

Top 20 records on 11 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1969	Bolivar, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1969	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Mareeba Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Wien, AT	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Paterson, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Bingham Chute, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Bingham Chute, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Tadoussac, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Haileybury, CA	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Cavan, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	La Tuque, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Wind River, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Huntington, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Allegany Sp, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Haileybury, CA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1969	Mount Forest, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1796 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1969. 1969 had 587 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	456
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1